Charlie Harper dead in a Paris subway

August 7, 2011

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While the Long Island Daily Newsday asked their Facebook fans how they thought the character played by Charlie Sheenwould meet his demise, TMZ ruined the surprise. They are reporting that while in a Paris subway Charlie “slipped” and the subway literally blew him apart in a “meat explosion.” However,the Newsday fans had some great ideas but I have to give the funniest […]

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The Top 5 Killers of Men

June 25, 2011

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The Top 5 Killers of Men.

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Mavs hit the club with Miami fans while Canucks fans burn the city.

June 16, 2011

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You may have been sleeping by the time the Vancouver riots hit full force late on Wednesday night, but things got somewhat out of control following the Canucks Game 7 loss to the Boston Bruins.We’ve heard of cities going crazy when their teams win championships but this is absurd. Fans burned cars, broke into stores and set fire […]

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Internet Hoaxes: The psychic in Texas, 152 FB friends on your arm

June 8, 2011

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I must admit even I jumped on yesterday’s bandwagon of the dismembered bodies being found in East Texas here are my tweets: Dozens Of Bodies Found Buried – Houston News Story Read Current News & Views onhttp://t.co/dGAGgu3 E. Texas deputies are on the scene of a home in #Hardin where a tipster told them 25 to 30 bodies are buried. http://t.co/dGAGgu3, […]

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Riverhead Natives Reminisce

June 8, 2011

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I just had to document what one picture has done. Posted on Facebook last night this one picture of the sun setting on the LI Sound sparked a conversation that took Natives of Riverhead, NY from all over the USA down memory lane. Hilarious but also a tribute to a small town with a lot of love. Here is the link […]

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21 dead in Chinese mine floods and tens of thousands evacuated

June 6, 2011

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BEIJING (AFP) – In Guiyang city, the capital of Guizhou province, 13 people were confirmed dead at the Fuhong mine, following a flood on May 29, the official China Daily newspaper reported. Only five bodies have been recovered, but experts have determined that the eight miners still inside had no chance of survival. A preliminary […]

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Wallow, AZ fire has grown to 140,000 acres.

June 4, 2011

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Fire Facts Date started: 5/29/2011 Personnel: 1,089, including 29 handcrews Cause: under investigation Equipment: 60 engines, 15 water tenders, 4 dozers Size: 140,000 estimated  Aircraft: 9 helicopters, 4 air attack planes, 4 air tankers Percent contained: 0 Injuries to date: 0 Estimated containment date: Unknown Cost to date: $3 million Winds have caused the Wallow […]

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Peruvians protest presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori, daughter of jailed former president.

June 3, 2011

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Protesters fear that Keiko Fujimori will govern in her father’s interests and echo his past human rights abuses. Alberto Fujimori is currently serving a 25-year sentence for embezzlement and authorizing death squads. [View the story “Peru: Marching Against the Fujimori Legacy” on Storify] Related articles Why Washington is worried about Peru | Mark Weisbrot (guardian.co.uk)

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“Geronimo” Pratt dies in Tanzania at age 63

June 3, 2011

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Elmer G. “Geronimo” Pratt, a former Los Angeles Black Panther Party leader who spent 27 years in prison for a murder he says he did not commit and whose case became a symbol of racial injustice during the turbulent 1960s, has died. He was 63. Pratt died at his home in a small village in […]

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Homeless population higher in NO now than before Katrina

June 3, 2011

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While we have been recently hit with various floods and tornadoes,we cannot forget about the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Nearly eleven years after the most costly Hurricane in US history the people affected are still struggling to get their lives in order. Katy Reckdahl, The Times-Picayune reports, The homelesspopulation in Orleans and Jefferson parishes stands at 9,200, 70 percent […]

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